The Eastern Hindi languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken primarily in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, the Baghelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh in northern and central India. They evolved from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit, thought to be transitional between Sauraseni and Magadhi.
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RegionAwadh (Uttar Pradesh), Baghelkhand (Madhya Pradesh), Chhattisgarh, India 1 Speaker Count In the Other Atlases
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1. Eastern Hindi - Wikipedia
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spoken primarily in Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, Baghelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh
2. Eastern Hindi languages (Wikipedia)
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approx. 65 million in India
Wikidata: Eastern Hindi languages
Wikidata Q4126648, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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